steepness

steepness: Ⅰ.

steep [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular. 2) (of a rise or fall in an amount) very large or rapid. 3) informal (of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive. 4) informal (of a claim or account) exaggerated.

► NOUN chiefly literary ▪ a steep mountain slope.

DERIVATIVES steeply adverb steepness noun.

ORIGIN Old English, «extending to a great height»; related to STEEPLE(Cf. ↑steepled) and STOOP(Cf. ↑stoop).

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steep [2] ► VERB 1) soak or be soaked in water or other liquid. 2) (usu. be steeped in) fill or imbue with a particular quality or influence.

ORIGIN Germanic, related to STOUP(Cf. ↑stoup).

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Steepness — Steep ness, n. 1. Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof. [1913 Webster] 2. Height; loftiness. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
steepness — index elevation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
steepness — noun a) The state or quality of being steep. The steepness of the hill caused the accident. b) The result or product of being steep … Wiktionary
steepness — statumas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. slope; steepness vok. Steilheit, f rus. крутизна, f pranc. inclinaison, f; pente, f; raideur, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
steepness — statumas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. slope; steepness vok. Steilheit, f rus. крутизна, f pranc. inclinaison, f; pente, f; raideur, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
steepness — noun see steep I … New Collegiate Dictionary
steepness — See steeply. * * * … Universalium
steepness — steepÂ·ness || stÉªËpnÉªs n. quality of being steep, precipitousness, state of having an almost vertical slope … English contemporary dictionary
steepness — steep·ness … English syllables
steepness — See: steep … English dictionary

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